Missed BISB's comments. But I am fine with this post vanishing into the ether. I thought that Detroit Pro Sports were always ok. So, if Detroit was in last place and it was between the Sox and Cleveland, I wouldn't have put this up.

EDIT: I did see that. I thought referencing the betting line and the probability was slightly different from a snowflake thread.

My understanding is that this is a University of Michigan sports blog, not a Detroit area or state of Michigan sports blog. Unless you're specifically discussing former U of M athletes, I believe all such posts should be limited and at least marked OT, especially during football season. Please keep in mind that many (if not most) people who follow U of M Athletics are either not from the Detroit area and/or don't care about/root for Detroit's pro teams.

And you keep in mind that many that follow UofM athletics also follow Detroit sports teams. The pro sports threads are limited to game threads. It's not like we've got a Tigers beat board going. It's one thread a day. I think most can handle ignoring it if they don't wish to see it.

I acknowledge that there's a significant overlap between U of M fans and Detroit fans. Is it too much to ask that these posts be labeled OT, as per the rules of the blog? Doesn't anyonone here give a shit about the rules?

Sox 5 Tigers 2. They have no fight and will Leylands lineups, no offense at the top of the order. This team is one of the hardest teams to root for I have ever seen. THey should be SO much better than this.

No, I mean the top of the lineup. We are in a penant chase and they simply aren't hitting...top or bottom...I don't think the top of the lineup even put anyone in scoring position during the weekend for Cabrera to hit in if I recall right...from the Detroit news:

1. Austin Jackson — had an earlier 25-game stretch this year in which he hit .324 with five homeruns and 24 RBIs.

In his last 25 games, he's hit .248 with no home runs and one RBI. No RBIs last 22 games.

2. Andy Dirks — hitting .184 in his last 10 games. Was hitting .349 on Aug. 9, but .250 since in 88 at-bats.

3. MiguelCabrera — one RBI last seven road games, all of which the Tigers have lost.

4. PrinceFielder — two RBIs last 12 games. Both came on solo home runs.

5. Delmon Young — no RBIs last 20 at-bats (since not playing against Cleveland). Eight RBIs in 14 at-bats before that.

6. Brennan Boesch — hitting .182 in 15 games since he last was at the .250.

In terms of them having no fight...this is a playoff chase and we can't scrap a series of wins against the Indians? Did you see their starting lineups when we played them? Swept by the Royals a few series ago...In baseball, you can scrap and will your team to wins...they aren't doing it

Discounting the fact that the two hits were home runs since they turned out to be "meaningless," I think two hits over seven innings counts as a gem. Especially the 14 outs in a row on the back end. Good guessin'.

The White Sox have been just about as painful this year to watch. Get swept by the Royals, sweep the Yankees. Sweep Cleveland, get swept by Tigers. Up, down, up down. I've really just been waiting for them to bottom out and collapse. I truly hope it doesn't happen, but I'm not very optimistic that it won't.

Leyland lost me when he put Raburn #2 in the lineup, following a start in the six spot the previous night. Bunting over Q berry that night from first was icing on the cake, when he could have called for Q berry to steal second and then bunt him over to 3rd.